Samuel Read Anderson

Samuel Read Anderson
Gen. Samuel R. Anderson
Born	(1804-02-17)February 17, 1804 Bedford County, Virginia
Died	January 2, 1883(1883-01-02) (aged 78) Nashville, Tennessee
Place of burial	Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch	United States Army  Confederate States Army
Years of service	1846–1847 (USA) 1861–1862, 1864–1865 (CSA)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel (USV) Brigadier General (CSA)
Unit	1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
Commands held	Anderson's Brigade, Military District of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War American Civil War Battle of Cheat Mountain
Other work	Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee

Samuel Read Anderson (February 17, 1804 – January 2, 1883) was an American businessman and military officer in the Mexican-American War. He was the Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1853 until 1861 and then was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded a mixed brigade of infantry and cavalry in the Eastern Theater in Virginia until the spring of 1862 when he was forced to resign because of ill health. Anderson later supervised the Confederate military draft in Tennessee until the end of the war.^[1]